Carmen Miranda Movies

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adelaide Chiozzo

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated...

Genre: Music

Cast: Dean Martin

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance...

Genre: Music

Cast: Betty Grable

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Don Ameche

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Alice Faye

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Ellison

A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Alice Faye

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Groucho Marx

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bud Abbott

A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Manuel "Jacaré" Olimpio Meira

Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship...

Genre: Music

Cast: Wallace Beery

Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.

Genre: Music

Cast: Ann Sothern

Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vivian Blaine

Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate...

Genre: Music

Cast: Vivian Blaine

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Orson Welles

The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Carmen Miranda

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Carmen Miranda

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jaime Costa

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Batatinha

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Fred Astaire

A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carmen Miranda

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kay Francis

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dorival Caymmi

A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Carmen Miranda

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carmen Miranda

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Busby Berkeley

A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Almirante

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: June Allyson

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carmen Miranda

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aurora Fúlgida

Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bob Hope

The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ray Barretto

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A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carmen Miranda

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dorival Caymmi

An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jimmy McHugh

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dorival Caymmi

“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ney Matogrosso